title: [The pretransfusion bedside agglutination test is not a "Gold Standard"].
abstract: ABO-incompatible transfusions remain frequent in Europe despite the technological progresses in relation with the potential number of human errors during the control procedures of the transfusion chain. The agglutination bedside-test is only one step of this chain and the amelioration of the security will be achieved by its replacement by an electronical check.
authors.affiliation: Service de transfusion sanguine de la Croix-Rouge suisse, Berne, Suisse. guy.levy@redcross.ch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000032:analysis; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D004582:Electronics, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000592:standards*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic